Zombie horror brought back to the mainstream in a non-comedic way

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2019)

2002 film, directed by Danny Boyle of Trainspotting fame. This film brings zombie horror back to the mainstream. Not in a comedic way like Shaun Of The Dead but showing a bleak British Isles post infection with a rage blood borne infection that has wiped out most of the 60 million or so population within 28 days of it escaping a laboratory at the beginning of the film, hence the title.
If you have ever seen the television film, Threads where a post nuclear apocalypse occurs in Cold War Britain this film is similar.
There are a few scattered people that are not infected, struggling to survive like scavenges. The only caveat to their mundane life being able to raid supermarket shelves like the gameshow Supermarket Sweep and loot the most expensive bottled whisky!
The film cleverly shows deserted London landmarks such as Westminster Bridge and Piccadilly Circus. The streets in a quiet,(unknown in bustling London) deserted state. Quickly filmed in cleared streets in the pre morning rush hour in when dawn is early.
Boyle uses digital cameras to aid the quick setting up of such scenes in a wsy that traditional 35mm cameras wouldn't allow. The digital photography isn't quite as clear as traditional film and adds to the bleakness of the environment.
Danny Boyle is adding quite a filmography. The aforementioned Trainspotting and its sequel. 127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire. All good films.